CRAFTING A TRIBUTE SNARE FOR RECYCLED PERCUSSION

AS A FAN OF ALL THINGS drums, I HAD BEEN FOLLOWING THE JOURNEY OF RECYCLED PERCUSSION CREATOR JUSTIN SPENCER AS HE BECAME FRIENDS WITH A man NAMED ROY. JUSTIN & THE RECYCLED PERCUSSION TEAM DO SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY UP IN LACONIA, NH - AND THEY MET ROY AT ONE OF THEIR EVENTS. JUSTIN BEFRIENDED ROY AND HIS FAMILY AND BROUGHT HIM INTO THE RECYCLED PERCUSSION TEAM. WHAT TRANSPIRED AFTER WAS INCREDIBLE - AND ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW JUSTIN OR ROY PERSONALLY, I WAS IMPACTED BY THEIR RELATIONSHIP AS I WATCHED IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

ROY PASSED AWAY A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AND AS I WATCHED JUSTIN RECAP HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ROY ON A VIDEO, I KNEW I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR HIM TO REMEMBER HIS FRIEND. with the help of my son COVE, we crafted this snare drum in memory of roy for justin to remember his friend roy! we shipped it up to new hampshire as a surprise, and we hope justin loves it.

JUSTIN AND HIS TEAM GAVE ROY THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IT UP TO THE EXTREME TOWARDS THE END OF HIS LIFE, AND ALTHOUGH ROY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FAMILY - THEY TREATED HIM AS SUCH. IT MADE ME MISS MY GRANDPARENTS VERY MUCH, AND I HOPE THAT WATCHING HOW JUSTIN INTERACTED WITH ROY WILL INSPIRE MORE OF US TO SIMPLY "DO GOOD THINGS" AND "PAY IT FORWARD" - ESPECIALLY NOW.

THANKS JUSTIN FOR ALL YOU DO - AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING UP ONE DAY!

MIKE CIPRARI

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